User Interface Introduction for Faceware Realtime for iClone

Faceware Products are facial motion capture suites that have been used on hundreds of published projects across six continents. They offer the most robust artist-friendly feature sets available. The products are intuitive to use and get the job done at the quality you need. Simply put, Faceware is the leader of facial motion capture technology.

With Faceware Realtime for iClone, the most exquisite facial expressions can be quickly captured and instantly reflected on the virtual character in iClone. It can also significantly speed up productivity for creating 3D animations.

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File

This menu contains only one command to exit Faceware Realtime for iClone.

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Edit

  • Settings: Select this command to set the source for facial mocap, rotate the captured image and the model for face tracking.
  • Enable Grid Overlay: This command toggles a grid (3 x 3) on top of the current view port to assist with framing of the actor's face. Basically, try to frame up the facial features within the center grid to get the best capture.
  • Enable Optimization: This feature downsizes the image to 640 x n if you attempt to run tracking with an image of a greater size. This option modifies the image for easier tracking. It may affect the resolution and quality of the image that you're seeing in the application. This feature trades off image quality for better FPS because there are many cameras which do not offer the ability to run at 60 fps at a lower resolution.
    ClosedNote
    • Failure to acheive 60 FPS may be due to sub-optimal lighting conditions. Fix this by disabling the Low Light Compensation setting on your webcam software (for models like Logitech C922).

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Help

  • Online Help: Open the online manual for Faceware Realtime for iClone.
  • About: Show information about Faceware Realtime for iClone.

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Application Data

This area displays data related to the video / image sequence and status of the application. Pressing the i button on the toolbar above the data will cycle through what data is displayed (all data, tracking FPS only and none).

  • Simple Mode: Displays the Tracking FPS only. It is the frame rate that the application is tracking and streaming the facial data.
  • Details Mode: Displays more information.
    • iClone: This will state whether or not the Realtime for iClone application is currently connected to iClone's Facial Mocap plugin.
    • Resolution: The resolution of the current video / image sequence
    • Tracking FPS: The frame rate that the application is tracking and streaming the facial data
    • Video FPS: The frame rate that the video / image sequence is playing at
    • Calibrated: Indicates whether or not Neutral Pose Calibration has been done on the current video / image sequence

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View Port

This is the primary viewport in Realtime for iClone. It will show the video or image sequence feed that is being used by the software and display the tracking landmarks on the face.